Sm-Nd systematics of hydrothermal scheelite from the Mount Charlotte mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: An isotopic link between gold mineralization and komatiites
This study reports Sm-Nd isotope data for hydrothermal scheelite from the Archean Mount Charlotte gold mine in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. This paper represents the first results of an ongoing investigation into the Sm-Nd isotope systematics of Archean gold deposits in Western Australia. Previous studies of Nd isotopes in scheelites from Archean gold deposits have been confined to Canada where the emphasis has been on using the method to date the mineralizing event rather than to trace the source of the gold mineralizing fluid. -from Authors